Close to 4 years ago I talked about reverse engineering the Stream Deck to gain full control of the device and remove the dependence on the Stream Dec

Reverse Engineering The Stream Deck Plus

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2024-12-26 23:00:07

Close to 4 years ago I talked about reverse engineering the Stream Deck to gain full control of the device and remove the dependence on the Stream Deck software. Well, I still really enjoy the hardware, but the software has gotten worse - it now goes as far as to requiring users for an account to download extensions.

If we’ve interacted in the past, I am big on respecting customer privacy and choices, and that means - if I want to use a device without an account, I better be damn able to do that. Luckily, building on my past work with DeckSurf, I finally was determined to push the pedal to the metal and make my project a viable alternative to proprietary software for this extremely versatile and flexible button box.

This post is going to be looking at the workings of the Stream Deck Plus, a $179.99 (discounted by $20 at the time of this writing) and how you, dear reader, can use it even if you don’t want to install Elgato’s own software.

Stream Deck Plus sports a few capabilities that I should outline before I go more in-depth about the actual reverse-engineering process:

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